Workato

Staff Product Manager, Lifecycle & Operations

Workato

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Palo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $185,000 - $245,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesMicroservicesPrometheusTerraform

About the role

  • Define and execute the strategy to establish Workato as the enterprise leader in Integration Platform Operations and build a unified platform covering development to monitoring
  • Develop and execute the product strategy for a unified Lifecycle & Operations Platform supporting Test, Deploy, Monitor, and Governance
  • Define and prioritize the roadmap for a leader in Enterprise Grade Integration Platform
  • Deliver the best experience for Platform Engineers, Integration Developers, and Operations Teams
  • Build industry-leading CI/CD capabilities enabling rapid, reliable deployment of integration workflows across multi-cloud and hybrid environments
  • Implement GitOps methodologies for declarative, version-controlled application deployment
  • Leverage Configuration as Code principles to automate environment provisioning and management
  • Integrate advanced testing frameworks including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end workflow validation
  • Leverage AI to enhance deployment automation, predictive failure detection, and intelligent rollback capabilities
  • Integrate machine learning to optimize CI/CD pipeline performance and implement AI-driven observability
  • Work with AI research teams to infuse intelligent automation into lifecycle services
  • Develop comprehensive observability and monitoring capabilities with distributed tracing, metrics collection, and intelligent alerting
  • Build advanced deployment strategies including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and progressive delivery
  • Ensure platform capabilities support enterprise requirements for security, compliance, audit trails, and governance
  • Create self-service capabilities that enable development teams to independently deploy and manage their integration workloads
  • Collaborate with engineering, UX, and GTM teams to ensure seamless feature adoption and inspire confidence in GTM teams and customers
  • Act as a thought leader internally and externally, driving customer trust and enterprise adoption

Requirements

  • 6+ years of product management experience in SaaS or B2B environments, specializing in DevOps, CI/CD, or Platform Engineering products
  • Proven success in shipping and scaling complex platform products with measurable business impact
  • Strong track record in leading cross-functional teams, influencing product strategy, and driving execution in fast-paced environments
  • Deep expertise in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, Infrastructure as Code, and modern deployment strategies
  • Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration, and cloud-native architectures
  • Familiar with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and GitOps platforms (ArgoCD, Flux, Tekton)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their native DevOps services (CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, Cloud Build)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic) and their integration into platform workflows
  • Experience building developer platforms and internal tooling that improve engineering productivity
  • Strong understanding of microservices architectures, service mesh technologies, and distributed systems
  • Knowledge of security best practices in CI/CD pipelines including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation
  • Experience with configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and their role in platform operations
  • Ability to deeply understand customer needs across platform teams, development teams, and operations teams
  • Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into intuitive, user-friendly product capabilities
  • Skilled at collaborating with engineering, UX, security, and go-to-market teams to drive enterprise adoption
  • Strong ability to use customer research, data analytics, and competitive insights to inform product decisions
  • Experience analyzing large-scale platform usage to optimize developer experience and operational efficiency
Benefits
  • benefits, perks, and equity
  • flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles
  • vibrant and dynamic work environment
  • multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives
  • Remote-friendly (Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
CI/CDGitOpsInfrastructure as Codecontainerizationmicroservices architecturesconfiguration managementadvanced testing frameworksdeployment strategiesobservabilitymachine learning
Soft skills
product managementcross-functional team leadershipinfluencing product strategycustomer researchdata analyticscollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinguser-friendly product designcustomer needs understanding